10 Dramatic Theatre Mask Tattoos

The happy and sad faces, nearly always seen side by side, represent the magic of the theater, in beautiful tattoo form.

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players..."
-William Shakespeare

2,500 years ago, the Athenians invented theater and staged the first ever plays. These two masks were worn by the ancient Grecians to show a change in character or mood.

Thousands of years later, this duo-mask symbol (in tattoo and image form) represents not just the two original genres of drama - comedy and tragedy - but stands as a universal symbol for the theater as we know it today.

Surreal sketch mask tattoos by Tattoo Szabi


Love heart theatre mask tattoos by Tanner Ramsey


Sketch style theatre masks tattoo by Vanessa Gao, Miami


Theatre mask and rose tattoo by Sammy Winks, Trailer Trash, Brisbane


Watercolour tattoo by Rodolfo 'Cabelo', Tattoo You


Rose and theatre masks tattoo by Joe Khay, Citizen Ink, Brooklyn,


Artist unknown, photo from Instagram @greycustomtattoo


Theatre masks tattoo bt Gonzalo Tintanegra, Madrid


Single theatre mask tattoo by Gianpiero Cavaliere


By Akuma Yamatattoo